30 “I’m Sorry, What!?” Takes On Movies By People Who Missed The Point, As Shared Online

It was my dad's favorite movie too. My parent's first date was a Mel Brooks movie so his films always had a special place in my family. He passed a few years ago as well.

When Blazing Saddles was aired on one of those family/Christian cable networks, a lot of things unsurprisingly were cut out. They left the campfire scene in. They just cut out the sound!

LOL and when Mongo puts his whole face in the fire to light a cigar 😂 that movie is great

My dad loves that movie!

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Mongo only p**n in game of life.

remember, Mongo straight

He likes rape

No! No hurty the aminals. Seriously, there’s no excuse for hurting or fake hurting an animal. I’m still traumatized by “old yeller”.

He was also supposed to play the sheriff, but the studio wouldn't go for it.

They should try watching some of the old Doctor Who episodes from the same era. They would be amazed at how good it actually was. Thank goodness Doctor Who actually had some good plots.

One of my childhood favorites. I think the effects hold up pretty well too.

The acting certainly does, a classic!

I saw this relatively recently in theaters for the anniversary, and some of them definitely do! Not....all of them, but the movie itself is so good I'm willing to handwave.

I prefer older films with bad CGI (and I don’t think Ghostbusters is bad) than some modern films with tons of CGI and a bad plot or boring characters. They used music and suspense to improve atmosphere and tension.

I saw it in the cinema with a couple friends along with my Mum (I think it was PG and we were young so she accompanied us). We thought it was fantastic, my Mum thought there was too much swearing :P

Yes, especially the animatronics. They were amazing!

The best part of practical effects is that they're physical present and in camera. So a lot of the uncanny but barely noticeable problems with CGI just go away. Things like there actually being a real physical thing for actors to interact with or even just to look at. So eyelines are always right. And of course there are real shadows and real interaction with stuff like grass, leaves, rain, smoke etc. All the stuff that is really hard to get right with CGI. It's relatively cheap and easy to make a CGI dino and just plonk it into a scene. It's the million tiny , barely noticeable environmental interactions that sell that it's really there. That to me is where movies like the Jurassic Park and Avatar series got it right (and also why they cost a fortune).

The last Starfighter always seems older than mid eighties to me for some reason

Humorous anecdote - not sure how it deserved a down vote? Here's an up from me! 8-)

Crazy. Where I live, the theatre supplies the glasses!

Ditto, I too watched the blurry version of Avatar at the theatre! :p

Me too. I have a few conditions. One eye only seeing 50% + lazy eye + an irregular curvature of the cornea. I was very irritated when I tried to watch Avatar in 3D.

It was the most cutting edge 3D at the time.

King Kong - based on a true story /s

Wait till you try the physical equations... No way his internal organs could stand up to such a body size. Pumping the blood around, uphill from feet to head, would be impossible.

Or from florida or texas

I don’t think she ever saw the inside of a school.

Or it wasn't taught to them....

if only the history channel was still about history

Not today's History channel, though. There is no actual history, just aliens and conspiracy theories

I dunno, good comedy is good comedy - no one region’s humor is superior to another’s. See thread above about the bean fart scene in blazing saddles - it IS stupid ‘American’ humour, but masterfully done by Mel Brooks. It’s so easy to thumb one’s nose at ‘American’ or ‘British’, ‘Aussie’ humour or wherever. However, it’s all about the construction and delivery.

Yes! Some that's good. But not limited to these: Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Father Ted, Mr. Bean, Absolutely Fabulous, Taskmaster, Smack the Pony, Coupling, QI, The Vicar of Dibley, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

As an American, I agree with the latter statement.

I'm American and I adore British humour with every fibre of my being. (See what I did there?) People look at me strangely when I tell them I dislike Adam Sandler movies. If they ask me why, I say "because I'm not a 12yo boy". Most comedic situations in American movies could be resolved if those involved just communicated with one another instead of jumping to conclusions. (Most truly good American comedies are comprised of British humour. "Murder by Death" is a good example, and my favorite of all time. Of course, at least half the cast is British, but to be fair, the playwright was American.)

Brit here and I feel the same. American humour is so over the top and still really obvious slapstick in style.

Sometimes British humor can just be cruel; but I do enjoy British humor. One of my favorite examples of British vs American humor is the movie Death at a Funeral. They share a lot of dialogue, even some of the same shots! I enjoyed both, but, honestly, I preferred the American version. The best performance, though, IMO, was Peter Dinklage. He played the same character in both, but played them very different ways. In the original, British version, his character has more of a villainous delivery. The America version, though nearly the same dialogue, has a lightness, a bit funnier. Reverence vs Irreverence. One is not inherently better than the other - there are PLENTY of childish British shows. I do happen to prefer verbal humor to physical, though. And Peep Show was so great! Also, has anyone seen Blow Dry? Hidden jem of a comedy

*humor* - that's how we Brits tell the difference.....

Well said, Michael!

A lot of British humour is based on wit. A lot of my country's humor is based on nit-wits.

I'm sorry OK! I know we brought Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy to the world. I'm so so sorry!